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Attorney General Alan Wilson Statement on Halbig V. Burwell Ruling (COLUMBIA, S.C.)  South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson released the following statement on today’s ruling by the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Halbig v. Burwell, striking down an IRS regulation which allowed the use of federal tax subsidies for the purchase of health insurance on federal exchanges under the Affordable Care Act: “I am pleased the court ruled that the IRS exceeded its authority by reinterpreting language in the Affordable Care Act.  I joined seven of my fellow Attorneys General in filing amici briefs because we recognize…

The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office has received numerous calls from people in at least seven states about a scam. They report getting an e-mail allegedly from the Attorney General’s Office with a subject line of “Final Legal Notification” and containing what claims to be an “attorney retainer agreement.”  The document carries the seal of the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office, the U.S. Department of Justice and a group called Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. The e-mail contains the name of an actual attorney in South Carolina who is not involved in the fraud, and a message that says, “All this…